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A while back I wrote about the deep south, home-brewed heavy metal of Arise Within.  Kinda spartan, kinda raw, but when they hit their groov...

iTunes (the computer program) doesn't lie. Opus Eponymous is my most-played metal album of the last year-- according to its coldly-calcu...

Zoinks, man. When recently concert-going, I saw so many Rwake shirts, both on the bands and in the crowd, I was forced to reconsider my pe...

Few bands in this world combine punk, hardcore and metal…and do it well. Canadian punk rock metalers, Cancer Bats are one of those that do....

  Hmmm...  how to begin this . Disclosure: 1: Most of my adult life I've worked in forensic psychology, in prisons and police depar...

TEAM ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC releases FREE Compilation, “Setting Trends And Banging Heads Vol 1”, OUT NOW!! Just in time for the New Year, TEAM ...

Life is too short for intros. I like how the first song “There Is Nothing” just comes crashing in. Full band with vocals and totally pissed ...

It’s a subtle thing, really, but it’s those subtle things that separate the pretenders from the contenders.  What I’m talking about here, oh...

Dark, heavy, and with a killer groove!  That's the brand-spanking new album from New Zealand's Darklight Corporation.  Equal parts i...

EAST OF THE WALL are devising their next cross-country live attack for all of July. The New Jersey crew will be touring in support of their...

French Ambient Metal Band Abysse ( http://www.myspace.com/abyssegroupe ) has just been confirmed at Hellfest Festival ( Kiss, Alice Coope...

Writing for The Ripple Effect has given all of us here some insight on a bunch of labels that are cruising along just under the radar. We’r...